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region 12 years ago with the united states army j yeah. >> army strong. for your chance to be tomorrow's fan, log on to our facebook page and leave a comment under pamela's super cute picture. >> great picture. >>> tv's dr. oz is in town for a special event. 1,000 checkups in just one day. he is at howard university to get a good look at the health of district. fox 5's holly morris has more from the howard medical center. >> he is working. this guy is in high demand. he is like rock star status around here. the day is going smoothly everything as planned. there is a line outside, doors opened up just after 8:00. and there are 1,000 people that signed up ahead of time in order to get these free 15- minute physicians. so they come through about 125 every hour or so. and there's five different things that they are looking for in order to give people an assessment of where their health is. so they take their blood pressure, they take their weight, they take their waist size. they also do a blood prick on their finger and they can get two things from that, the
region 12 years ago with the united states army j yeah. >> army strong. for your chance to be tomorrow's fan, log on to our facebook page and leave a comment under pamela's super cute picture. >> great picture. >>> tv's dr. oz is in town for a special event. 1,000 checkups in just one day. he is at howard university to get a good look at the health of district. fox 5's holly morris has more from the howard medical center. >> he is working. this guy is in high demand....
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with 33,000 people dying in the united states every year. this is a public health issue. new national prevention suicide strategy is aimed to raise the awareness as well as focus on prevention. in the past we didn't understand that suicide can be prevented. >> do we have a better understanding about who might be susceptible to suicide and how to prevent it? >> we have a better understanding. we understand now that we have research that shows intervention such as crisis lines and bringing people together and referring them and getting them to treatment quicker can help. we also have -- we know that there are certain groups and individuals that are particularly at risk for example middle-aged men are saying that's the highest number of suicides around the country. the things we know and we want your health with is to understand the signs and symptoms for risk. when someone is isolated and they're having thoughts about feeling like they're a burden when they're talking about hurting themselves or harming themselves. when they're thinking that they're in pain. those sort of s
with 33,000 people dying in the united states every year. this is a public health issue. new national prevention suicide strategy is aimed to raise the awareness as well as focus on prevention. in the past we didn't understand that suicide can be prevented. >> do we have a better understanding about who might be susceptible to suicide and how to prevent it? >> we have a better understanding. we understand now that we have research that shows intervention such as crisis lines and...
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states government. the pentagon says he is in violation of non-disclosure agreements because he didn't submit the book for a prepublication security review. >>> a blackhawk helicopter landed in a woman's backyard doing a drug bust by the national guard. she said no idea that 60 marijuana plants were growing behind her house. >> just right through here. i saw it coming this way. and it was low. and i was like oh, my gosh... [ laughter ] >> going to crash in my backyard. i got a bunch of men with guns and i'm home alone. >> well, the national guard troops told her what they were doing and then they seized the evidence and left. whole thing -- >> a lot of questions about that. >> odd. >>> season 2 of the jeremy kyle show starts in less than a week. >> coming up after the break, the witty british host joins us live in studio with a preview of what to expect next. >> later, you don't want to miss -- there she is, r&b singer tamia perform a song from her new album beautiful surprise. heavy load in america. bu
states government. the pentagon says he is in violation of non-disclosure agreements because he didn't submit the book for a prepublication security review. >>> a blackhawk helicopter landed in a woman's backyard doing a drug bust by the national guard. she said no idea that 60 marijuana plants were growing behind her house. >> just right through here. i saw it coming this way. and it was low. and i was like oh, my gosh... [ laughter ] >> going to crash in my backyard. i...
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. >> mob of al qaeda sympathizers in egypt forcing the united states into making a statement essentially of apology. on 9/11 of all days, for something which we are not responsible for. i would say to the mob, go to hell. >> reporter: the administration later disavowed its own embassy's response saying the statement by embassy cairo was not cleared by washington and does not reflect the views of the united states government. the ultimate fear for the administration, that libya and egypt may be just the beginning. will this be contained in those two countries or there will be uprisings in other countries, as well? that's something we obviously don't know. but u.s. embassies around the globe have been told to on high alert. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> in a statement this morning, secretary of state hillary clinton identified one of the other americans killed. he is shaun smith a foreign service information management officer. he was a husband and a father of two. >>> the secretary of state added that diplomats and development experts stand on the front lines every day for our count
. >> mob of al qaeda sympathizers in egypt forcing the united states into making a statement essentially of apology. on 9/11 of all days, for something which we are not responsible for. i would say to the mob, go to hell. >> reporter: the administration later disavowed its own embassy's response saying the statement by embassy cairo was not cleared by washington and does not reflect the views of the united states government. the ultimate fear for the administration, that libya and...
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. >>> mosquitos are killing more people now in the united states. new numbers from the cdc show the number of cases of west nile virus shot up 25% in the past week to nearly 2,000. 87 people have died from the infection this year. texas has been the hardest hit but no new cases were reported in the district, maryland or virginia. >>> hurricane isaac is long gone, but strong waved stirred up tar balls that were left over from the massive bp oil spill in 2010 forcing beaches in louisiana to close this morning. the tar balls are showing up in parts of the gulf coast that previously appeared to be clean. >>> we have some sad news to report this morning from the world of sports. former baltimore ravens owner art modell has died. his son david says he passed away at 4 a.m. at johns hopkins hospital this morning. modell had been hospitalized for organ failure. he bought the cleveland browns in 1961 and moved the teambaltimore in 1996 -- team to baltimore in 1996. this is the front page of the ravens' website this morning with a tribute to modell. his son w
. >>> mosquitos are killing more people now in the united states. new numbers from the cdc show the number of cases of west nile virus shot up 25% in the past week to nearly 2,000. 87 people have died from the infection this year. texas has been the hardest hit but no new cases were reported in the district, maryland or virginia. >>> hurricane isaac is long gone, but strong waved stirred up tar balls that were left over from the massive bp oil spill in 2010 forcing beaches in...
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we need to do it by the end of my first term as president of the united states of america. and i will make it a top priority in my first year as president. >> so, david, when the president says he didn't promise immigration reform as a priority, is he rewriting history a little bit there in. >> i don't think he didn't say he didn't promise it as a priority. it was a priority, savannah. i was in a room in 2009 at the white house where he called together all of those members of congress who had supported immigration reform in the past, republicans and democrats, and he said let's lock arms and get this done. >> but he didn't put forward a bill. >> every single republican walked away because it became the policy of the republican party to walk away from immigration reform, so, you know, hopefully with the votes in november, people will say, okay, let's come back to the table and get this done, but the president did pass out of the house and out of the senate a d.r.e.a.m. act that was blocked by a minority of republicans in the senate on procedural grounds. he did move on the s
we need to do it by the end of my first term as president of the united states of america. and i will make it a top priority in my first year as president. >> so, david, when the president says he didn't promise immigration reform as a priority, is he rewriting history a little bit there in. >> i don't think he didn't say he didn't promise it as a priority. it was a priority, savannah. i was in a room in 2009 at the white house where he called together all of those members of...
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so we have artists, united states artists and from around the world. they're in our store and all throughout adams morgan. >> reporter: all this gyrating behind mes a worked up an appetite. lynn, thank you very much. i'm heading over here. they are part of what's new about adams morgan. tell me about this. >> we're a speciality cake shop. we customize cakes. those are vegan flavors. >> reporter: why did you choose adams morgan? >> it's a diverse neighborhood. coming from college, graduating, a neighborhood we used to hang out when we first moved to d.c. when it came to finding a location, adams morgan just seemed like home. >> reporter: worked out well? >> worked out really well. >> reporter: what will you be doing sunday? >> selling these cake tops and cupcakes, red velvet, pretty in pink, our strawberry cake, sweet potato cakes. you have to try our flavors. we'll have over 50 flavors to try. >> reporter: i think it's the first time i've seen a louis vuitton cupcake. >> we try. we instill a lot of love and dedication into our products. definitely, any
so we have artists, united states artists and from around the world. they're in our store and all throughout adams morgan. >> reporter: all this gyrating behind mes a worked up an appetite. lynn, thank you very much. i'm heading over here. they are part of what's new about adams morgan. tell me about this. >> we're a speciality cake shop. we customize cakes. those are vegan flavors. >> reporter: why did you choose adams morgan? >> it's a diverse neighborhood. coming from...
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that can be from another state in the united states or from other countries. so when you see a butterfly that's from costa rica, it is actually from costa rica and it's come here on a plane as a chrysalis. >> reporter: the average life- span of a butterfly is two weeks? >> yes. >> reporter: one of the things you do is release the butterflies? >> these imported species are kept in a separate room to protect -- to make sure that no parasites or diseases or anything comes -- if it comes with them, it's going to stay in that room and we candice infect. any butterfly that emerges from its chrysalis gets put into a transport cage and brought into the exhibit and hopefully they will warm up here. they were just flying around just a minute ago. >> reporter: it's chilly for them, too. they like warmer weather. >> it is. but we'll get them going. >> so gentle. look at that. >> usually they just want to get out and get going. >> there they go. there goes a nice brown tiger. >> reporter: on any given day how many different species will you have here? >> any from 30 to 80.
that can be from another state in the united states or from other countries. so when you see a butterfly that's from costa rica, it is actually from costa rica and it's come here on a plane as a chrysalis. >> reporter: the average life- span of a butterfly is two weeks? >> yes. >> reporter: one of the things you do is release the butterflies? >> these imported species are kept in a separate room to protect -- to make sure that no parasites or diseases or anything comes...